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T. L. FIRE-STONE.

BOX FASTENER.

No. 457,311. Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

\ lmllnnmmave jzy UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRUMAN L. FIRESTONE, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MILLARD F. SMITH,or .SAME PLACE.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,311, dated. August4, 1891. Application filed April 13, 1891. Serial No. 388,682- tNomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRUMAN L. FIRESTONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Cover Fastenmgs, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and convenientfastening device for the covers of boxes, myimproved'fastener be- 1ngmore part-icularlyintended forremovably securing the covers of crates orboxes used for the transportation of eggs, small fruits, &c.

In the drawings, Figurel is a sectional side view of a box provided withmy improved fasteners, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Figs. 3and at are detail views of the fasteners. Fig. 5 is a partial detailview of one of the cleats.

A denotes the box, and B the coverthereof, said cover being longer thanthe box, so that its ends will overhang the same, and to the under sideof the overhanging ends of the said cover are secured the cleats b. Thefasteners 0 each consists of a piece of bent springwire, preferably ofbrass or steel, of sufficient stiffness to securely hold the cover whenturned to the position shown in Fig. 2. The fasteners are pivoted in thecleats b, as shown in Fig. 1, and are provided with heads 0, Figs. 1 and3, or with short bends 0 Fig. 4, to hold them in the said cleats. Theheads 0 are preferred, as the bends 0 require a larger depression orcountersink to turn in. The lower bent end of each fastener extends downsome distance below the cleat a, with which it is to be engaged, andthen turns upward to provide a bearing portiond, beyond which is adownwardly-inclined end 6.

The box is provided at its ends with, cleats at, havingdownwardly-fiarin g slots a, through which the fasteners are passed whenturned to the position shown in Fig. 1, when the cover is to be placedon the box or removed therefrom, and when the cover is to be socured thefasteners are turned to the position shown in Fi 2 with their horizontalarms beneath the cleats a, the said cleats being preferably provided ontheir under sides with recesses a into which the bearing portions 02 .ofthe fasteners are sprung to prevent accidental displacement' Then thecover is to be removed, the fastcleats a, the shanks of the saidfastenersspringing in the flaring slots at, as denoted by the dottedlines in Fig. 2, to permit of this action. The fasteners may then beturned outward to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the cover willnow'be free to be lifted from the box.

To adjust or tighten the spring-fasteners, so that they will hold morestrongly, it is only necessary to place the finger in the outer bendsthereof and pull upward to bend the horizontal parts of the fastenersupward a little.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination, with the box A, having end cleats a,provided with the slots a and having in their under sides the recesses aof the cover B, having the cleats b, and thebent spring wire or metalfasteners c, pivoted in the said cleats b, and having their lowerbentends extended down some distance below the said cleats a, and being thenturned upward to form the bearing portions (1 to enter the said recessesa and having beyond the said bearing portions (1 the downwardly-inclinedends 6.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

TRUMAN L. FIRESTONE. Witnesses: L. FEWSMITH, E. GUNroN.

